title: Pregnancies in patients with premature ovarian failure.
abstract: We present 5 women with premature ovarian failure (POF) who were treated with different regimes and conceived. Three patients conceived spontaneously while on cyclic estrogen/progestagen replacement therapy. One patient conceived after high-dose gonadotrophin treatment. Embryo transfer with oocytes donated from a third party donor was performed in one patient abroad. Due to legal reasons the heterogeneous oocyte donation for patients with POF cannot be performed in some countries such as Austria. Therefore, many patients who desire pregnancy cannot receive optimal treatment for their condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstertics and Gynecology, University of Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gücer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Urdl
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pieber
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Arikan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giuliani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Auner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D016649:Primary Ovarian Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome